Among the many problems which beset the novelist, not the least weighty is the choice of the moment at which to begin his novel.

  • -- Vita Sackville-West 韦斯特

在困扰小说家的许多问题中,最重要的问题是小说开始的时间的选择。

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All novels are about crime. You'd be hard pressed to find any novel that does not have an element of crime. I don't see myself as a crime novelist, but there are crimes in my books. That's the nature of storytelling, if you want to reflect the real world.

所有的小说都是关于犯罪的。你很难找到没有犯罪元素的小说。我不认为自己是犯罪小说家,但我的书中也有犯罪。如果你想反映真实世界,这就是讲故事的本质。

The bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.

自行车当然应该永远是小说家和诗人的交通工具。